Disney world is an armpit compared to Montana.

Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

Find my hand in the darkness, intertwined you will be the day to my night. We can share wings and take flight towards our own inner light.

Raining with words

I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we're all children of God.

A moment is all you can expect from perfection.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.

The Empire of Wisdom is the only empire on which the sun never sets!

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility.

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.